Bob Hackett
Happy to hear it worked as well for you as it did for me. I also thought it was a crazy idea the first time I saw it done. Once you try it on tricky or reversed grain or wood that really doesn`t take to working in ways we`d like it to (like some exotics) then you begin to see the added control of taking those fine shavings makes sense.
Glad you stepped away from the screen and tried it in the shop. Sometimes the doing of it is the only thing that can bring the clarity we seek.